Penholder.



H. R. KEYES.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY15| I915.

L l 91W, Patented July 3,1917.

WITNESSES BY W ATTORNEY HAROLD R. KEYES, OF NORTH FQND D'U LAC, WISCONSIN.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed July 15, 1915. Serial No. 40,061.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD ROY KEYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to penholders of that particular type wherein the nib or pen may be released and ejected through relative movement of the pen holder parts.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the pen holder constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, certain of the pen holder parts having been relatively moved to automatically or otherwise eject and release the pen.

Fig. 3 is a section of the line 3-3 of Fig. 1..

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the sleeve in longitudinal section, and

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the ferrule.

Like numerals of reference designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the drawings by numeral, 1 designates the stock or handle of the pen, 2 the pen point or nib, and 3 that portion of the stock or handle reduced in diameter to receive the ferrule 4, sleeve 5 and grip 6, the latter being preferably constructed from rubber or like similar yielding material. The grip 6 is arranged to embrace the sleeve 5 and to abut at one end a shoulder 7 formed by the reduced portion 3, and at its opposite end a flange 8 integral with the mentioned sleeve, said sleeve 5 being annularly crimped as indicated at 9 to positively and firmly contact with the grip 6 thereby to hold said grip against sliding movement.

An integral tongue 10 is formed on the sleeve 5 to alford an abutment for the nib 2 and with the ferrule 4: a retaining means therefor. The mentioned ferrule like the sleeve 5 and the grip 6 abuts at its inner end the shoulder 7 Any suitable means may be provided whereby the ferrule is fixed to the reduced portion 3 of the stock. Said ferrule is likewise annularly crimped intermediate its end or as indicated at 11 to normally and yieldingly contact with the crimped portion 9 of the sleeve whereby said sleeve may be held in abutting relation with the shoulder and against relative sliding movement.

The reduced portion 3 is longitudinally grooved as indicated at 12 at its free end to receive a complemental longitudinally ex tending depressed portion 13 integral with the ferrule. The groove formed by the depressed portion of the ferrule affords a guide way for the retaining tongue 10 so that the latter during sliding movement of themovable pen holder parts, exactly fits lnto said groove and, by the fitting engagement mentioned, precludes relative circumferential movement.

Sleeve 5 is split longitudinally as indicated at 14 to spread during a pen releasing or ejecting operation. By the spreading actlon, the crimped portions 11 and 9 may be separated, and when out of alinement, grip 6 and the sleeve 5 moved away from the shoulder 7 until the retaining tongue is free from A contact with the ferrule 4 whereupon the nib or pen point will fall away from the mentioned sleeve by gravity. The reduced portion 3 of the stock 1 is also longitudinally split as indicated at 15 to yield during sliding movement of the slidable or movable parts.

l/Vith the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be noted that there are no protuberances upon the exterior surface of the pen holder to annoy and inconvenience the user; that the re taining tongue 10 serves a dual and in fact a triple purpose in that it acts as retaining means for the nib 2, a guide for the movable parts during sliding movement, and a means whereby the movable partsmay be held against circumferential movement during use of the pen; that the crimped portion 11, by reason of its engagement with the crimped portion 9, only yieldingly contact and hold the movable parts against movement thus permitting, when necessary, forced forward sliding movement of both the grip and sleeve.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A releasing pen holder including a stock, a longitudinally grooved ferrule affiXed to the stock, a sleeve slidable upon the ferrule, a retaining means for the nib integral With the sleeve and having fitting engagement with the groove to guide the sleeve during sliding movement and preclude relative circumferential movement, and means to releasably lock the sleeve against sliding movement.

2. releasing pen holder including a stock reduced at one end to provide an annular shoulder, a ferrule aflixed to the reduced terminal of the stock, the mentioned ferrule being provided with a longitudinal groove, a longitudinally slidable sleeve mounted on the ferrule to normally engage with said shoulder, a retaining tongue integral with and struck from said sleeve, said tongue fitting the mentioned groove acting as a fastening means for the nib, and precluding relative circumferential movement of the sleeve relative to the ferrule, and means upon the ferrule and engaging the sleeve to releasably lock said sleeve against sliding movement and in engagement With the shoulder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

HARGLD R. KEYES.

Witnesses THEODORE A; COWEN, JOHN PATTON BOYLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Goinmissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0. 

